Game 19: Sox 4 Halos 3

Another frustrating night trying to watch this game. Strange that it seems harder for me to watch the game when it's played here on the West Coast than when the Sox are back East. Usually I can get home from whatever I'm doing at 9 or 10 and watch the whole game before going to bed. Last night I didn't get home until ~10:30 but MLB.com wouldn't let me watch the replay until close to 11:30. I don't understand what they're doing in that time.

Anyway, enough of my complaining. This was a game of defensive miscues. Saltalamacchia scores in the 3rd after reaching on a ball Hunter should have caught. Two runs score in the 4th as three Angels stand around in the outfield looking at each other instead of catching an easy pop up by Crawford. Lowrie gets to third in the 6th on an error by Wells and scores on a single by Drew. The Sox were not immune either though as, in the 8th, Abreu scored the Angels' third run of the night from 2nd base on a passed ball. Saltalamacchia had no idea where that ball squirted off to.

Otherwise both pitchers looked good despite only lasting 6 innings. Lester got a lot of K's and I don't quite understand why he consistently fools batters. He's not throwing 100 mph, he doesn't change speeds drastically, and he doesn't have a big breaking ball. It seems like batters should be getting a lot of weak contact instead but I won't complain. The bullpen is getting a little taxed by these close games. Jenks and Papelbon have both appeared in the last three games. Jenks didn't look good but Papelbon did.

Hopefully today's game will be a blow out. Matsuzaka's going so it's looking like another long night for the pen.